298 \ lampckeof ,L()1Je. _ Sa a. X Il. ,what is prefem:the foule is in a kind of exrafie, it is carried fo firongly, and taken up with things ofHeaven;it is deaded to other things,when our 1 eyes are no more led with vanity then ifwe had I none, and the fldh is fo mortified, as if we we re 1 dead mer~, byreafon ofthe firength of our affe. · d:ions that run another way to better thiMgs whichareabove. r lhuswe fee it is in Love: Talke with a man that is in any heate of affections, you taJke with one that is not at home, you talke with one ab– fen t, The foule i4 more where it lovu, then where it Jwels. Surely where lo•e is in any firengrh, it drawes llpthe foule,fo that aman oft times inhis ca11ing and ordin:~ry imploymems doth not keed them, but paifeth through the world, as a man at randome,he regards not the things ofthe world ; for Chrill !s gotten into his heart , and , . drawes all the affedtoa§ to himfelfe. Where the 1 affi'ction oflove is lhong, it cares not what it i fuffers fot theparty Joved,nay-ir glories in it. As 1 ) it is faidof 'the Difciples,when they were whip– ped and fcourged for preaching the Gofpell, it -~ was amatter ofGlory to them:It is not lt~hou,.,hut fovoN,. ; it is not labour and vexation, but favour ·· that is taken where love is to the party loved, where the love of Chrifi: is (which was here in the Church) labour is no labour, ' fuffering is no fuffering.,tronble is no trouble. . Againt\ ll u theproperty ofrhep11rty thAt is ftc.ke 1{ thu diftttfe to tttke little contentment in 'tket• .thi??gs. Tel~ acovetous W0rldlingthac is in l?ve l .. . . - - ' wu~
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